Word: acceptably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next day, the nearly fatal deadlock was not so much broken as spiked. The U.S.'s placatory Edward R. Stettinius had produced a compromise which both London and Moscow would accept. Vishinsky was willing to drop his charges against Britain-provided that this Russian retreat was not mentioned in the Council's official resolution. Bevin took a long, hard look at the record, decided it spoke for itself, and withdrew his demand for an explicit "not guilty." The final statement, accepted over much relieved smiling and handshaking, merely informed the world that a debate had taken place...
...within six months after diagnosis. The doctors, who might have removed Sandra's kidney if the condition had been discovered sooner, shook their heads. The medical men knew better than anyone else how often modern medicine, with all its touted knowledge and skill, has to stand back and accept defeat...
Then the U.S. offered to accept local currencies up to a specified amount, eventually exchange them for dollars. This was hardly any better...
Most of the d'Alverys and their neighbors accept the gentle conventions with which societies strong in tradition try to offset the ravages of change and chance. Their culture is Creole and Catholic. It is also wise in the sense that it is humane and orderly. It enables them (and the readers of The River Road) to accept with equanimity the fact that their quiet lives are as full of scandalous skeletons as the snake-infested plantation burial grounds...
...gold . . . would cost $500. . . . When placed on exhibition in Tiffany's window, all New York and all strangers visiting New York would flock to see [the book] . . . descriptions of it would appear in all languages & in all newspapers in the world. . . . Find out ... if His Holiness will accept. ... I think the idea is sound.. . . P.S. No, the gold would cost nearer $3,000, instead of $500. That is all the better...